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2008 • PG-13 • 1h 52m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

A new evil awakens.

🍅 13% 30%

31

2.25

5.2

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$40.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$102.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$405.80M

$303.30M international

Domestic legs2.53x

Budget$145M

2008 rank#25

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Cast & crew

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Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen Director

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser Starring

Maria Bello

Maria Bello Starring

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh Starring

Russell Wong

Russell Wong Starring

ScreenplayMiles Millar, Alfred Gough StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesThe Mummy

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 1-3 2 $40.5M — 3,760 $10,760 $40.5M

2 Aug 8-10 3 $16.5M −59.2% 3,778 $4,365 $71.0M

3 Aug 15-17 6 $8.2M −50.2% 3,363 $2,440 $86.2M

4 Aug 22-24 9 $4.2M −49.1% 2,422 $1,725 $93.9M

5 Aug 29-31 13 $2.6M −37.1% 1,713 $1,534 $97.9M

6 Sep 5-7 14 $1.5M −43.8% 1,415 $1,044 $100.6M

7 Sep 12-14 20 $678.7K −54.1% 750 $904 $101.6M

8 Sep 19-21 23 $399.9K −41.1% 494 $809 $102.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 1 #1 $15.2M — $15.2M 3,759 $4,051 1

Sat Aug 2 #2 $14.6M −4% $29.9M 3,759 $3,891 2

Sun Aug 3 #2 $10.6M −28% $40.5M 3,759 $2,820 3

Mon Aug 4 #2 $4.2M −60% $44.7M 3,759 $1,130 4

Tue Aug 5 #2 $3.8M −11% $48.5M 3,759 $1,000 5

Wed Aug 6 #4 $3.2M −14% $51.7M 3,759 $860 6

Thu Aug 7 #4 $2.9M −12% $54.6M 3,759 $760 7

Fri Aug 8 #3 $4.9M +70% −68% $59.4M 3,778 $1,285 8

Sat Aug 9 #3 $6.6M +37% −55% $66.0M 3,778 $1,755 9

Sun Aug 10 #3 $5.0M −25% −53% $71.0M 3,778 $1,325 10

Mon Aug 11 #3 $2.0M −60% −53% $73.0M 3,778 $525 11

Tue Aug 12 #3 $1.9M −2% −48% $75.0M 3,778 $515 12

Wed Aug 13 #4 $1.6M −19% −52% $76.5M 3,778 $415 13

Thu Aug 14 #4 $1.5M −5% −48% $78.0M 3,778 $395 14

Fri Aug 15 #6 $2.5M +67% −49% $80.5M 3,348 $743 15

Sat Aug 16 #6 $3.3M +34% −50% $83.9M 3,348 $999 16

Sun Aug 17 #6 $2.4M −29% −53% $86.2M 3,348 $708 17

Mon Aug 18 #7 $924.3K −61% −53% $87.2M 3,363 $274 18

Tue Aug 19 #8 $992.1K +7% −49% $88.2M 3,363 $295 19

Wed Aug 20 #8 $807.1K −19% −49% $89.0M 3,363 $240 20

Thu Aug 21 #7 $773.5K −4% −48% $89.7M 3,363 $230 21

Fri Aug 22 #10 $1.2M +53% −52% $90.9M 2,422 $490 22

Sat Aug 23 #8 $1.8M +51% −46% $92.7M 2,422 $740 23

Sun Aug 24 #9 $1.2M −33% −49% $93.9M 2,422 $495 24

Mon Aug 25 #10 $363.3K −70% −61% $94.3M 2,422 $150 25

Tue Aug 26 #10 $351.2K −3% −65% $94.6M 2,422 $145 26

Wed Aug 27 #12 $290.4K −17% −64% $94.9M 2,422 $119 27

Thu Aug 28 #10 $302.8K +4% −61% $95.2M 2,422 $125 28

Fri Aug 29 #14 $608.6K +101% −49% $95.8M 1,713 $355 29

Sat Aug 30 #13 $1.0M +66% −44% $96.8M 1,713 $589 30

Sun Aug 31 #10 $1.0M n/c −16% $97.9M 1,713 $590 31

Mon Sep 1 #11 $813.7K −20% +124% $98.7M 1,713 $475 32

Tue Sep 2 #14 $162.7K −80% −54% $98.8M 1,713 $94 33

Wed Sep 3 #13 $128.5K −21% −56% $99.0M 1,713 $75 34

Thu Sep 4 #13 $129.0K n/c −57% $99.1M 1,713 $75 35

Fri Sep 5 #13 $375.0K +191% −38% $99.5M 1,415 $265 36

Sat Sep 6 #15 $707.5K +89% −30% $100.2M 1,415 $499 37

Sun Sep 7 #15 $396.2K −44% −61% $100.6M 1,415 $280 38

Mon Sep 8 #14 $84.9K −79% −90% $100.7M 1,415 $59 39

Tue Sep 9 #14 $92.5K +9% −43% $100.7M 1,415 $65 40

Wed Sep 10 #14 $85.0K −8% −34% $100.8M 1,415 $60 41

Thu Sep 11 #14 $84.5K −1% −34% $100.9M 1,415 $59 42

Fri Sep 12 #19 $165.0K +95% −56% $101.1M 1,415 $116 43

Sat Sep 13 #20 $318.8K +93% −55% $101.4M 1,415 $225 44

Sun Sep 14 #20 $195.0K −39% −51% $101.6M 1,415 $137 45

Mon Sep 15 #18 $44.9K −77% −47% $101.6M 1,415 $31 46

Tue Sep 16 $45.0K n/c −51% $101.7M 1,415 $31 47

Wed Sep 17 $41.3K −8% −51% $101.7M 1,415 $29 48

Thu Sep 18 $48.8K +18% −42% $101.8M 1,415 $34 49

Fri Sep 19 $106.1K +118% −36% $101.9M 494 $214 50

Sat Sep 20 $185.1K +74% −42% $102.1M 494 $374 51

Sun Sep 21 $108.7K −41% −44% $102.2M 494 $220 52

Mon Sep 22 $24.9K −77% −45% $102.2M 494 $50 53

Tue Sep 23 $27.1K +9% −40% $102.2M 494 $54 54

Wed Sep 24 $24.7K −9% −40% $102.3M 494 $49 55

Thu Sep 25 $24.7K n/c −49% $102.3M 494 $50 56

Cumulative total$102.3M

Aug 1Aug 15Aug 29Sep 11Sep 25

Weekend grossWk 8 · $399.9K

$40.5M

$16.5M

$8.2M

$4.2M

$2.6M

$1.5M

$678.7K

$399.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,778 → 494 −86.9%

3,759 open494 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −41.1%

−59.2%

W1→2

−50.2%

W2→3

−49.1%

W3→4

−37.1%

W4→5

−43.8%

W5→6

−54.1%

W6→7

−41.1%

W7→8

Steepest −59.2%Best hold −37.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 37 days

$100M

Day 37

Sep 6

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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